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May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
No surprise, no surprise. Another month... another US$10 billion off the Fed's asset shopping budget and more stressing that interest rates would remain low for a "considerable" time. You, I and Irene very much expected the Federal Open Market Committee's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street higher, with the Dow Jones reaching a new record after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was picking up after a winter slowdown. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

AMP's ipac Financial Planning wins group of the year award

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
AMP-owned ipac Financial Planning has won CoreData's 2013 Advisory Group of the Year Award. The award is given to the licensee with the strongest ability to acquire prospective clients and it is based on the ratings of consumers who were in the market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's gains on mixed economic data and corporate earnings as a two-day US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting got underway. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures ...

The music's still playing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Who me? Worry, because... May is nigh? Looking at last night's trading action on Wall Street, Wall Streeters appear to be fear missing out (on more gains) more than they do that of the prospect of the "sell in May" crowd, going away in May. Just look ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Future Fund has achieved rolling 3 year returns of about 9.5% pa, putting the de facto sovereign wealth fund on par with workplace super funds when the Future Fund's tax-free and member-free status is taken into account. The $98 billion Future Fund ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street's lead and open higher as investors absorb new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,554.0. Locally, no major ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Despite market optimism over 'Abenomics' and widespread expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would eventually announce further expansion of monetary policy, Japan's stock market continues to trend lower. The Nikkei-225 index has sunk by 11.4% so ...

Catholic Super seeds new AllianceBernstein fund

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Catholic Super has become the first investor in a new actively-managed AllianceBernstein Australian equities investment fund which aims to help investors in or near retirement. The Fund will form part of diversified investment options available to Catholic ...

Research house launches direct ratings system

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... more on the wider proposition being offered to support consumer decision-making," Defaqto's analyst for life and protection Ben Heffer said. "Star ratings help people understand where a product sits in the market, at a glance, and help them base their ...